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IETC introduced the concept of Environmental Risk Assessment (EnRA) as a specialized tool for decision making to the UNCHS (Habitat) Sustainable Cities Programme. A related pilot EnRA workshop was convened in Katowice, Poland, from 22 until 27 of April 1996. Evaluations completed by participants as well as official reactions from governments to the quality of the course indicate a high degree of satisfaction to both the content as well as the practicality of the EnRA workshop materials for better understanding the role of environmental risk in better managing environmental problems.

Twenty two participants from twelve countries participated in the workshop: [Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Russia, Poland, Philippines (observer), China (observer), Indonesia (observer)]. The instructors included Dr. Lawrence Kapustka, Dr. Anne Fairbrother, and Dr. Jessica Glicken from the firm of Ecological Planning & Toxicology of Corvallis, Oregon in the USA, under a consultancy arrangement with UNEP and UNCHS (Habitat).

In addition to the commissioned paper "Environmental Risk Assessment for Sustainable Cities", a workbook was developed for use during the course. Each participant presented both a statement defining the status of major environmental issues and the potential application of EnRA in their respective countries, and also was asked to develop a scenario for applying lessons learned upon returning home. Key topics addressed included: - Defining the scope of an EnRA (what EnRA can and cannot do). - The problem formulation phase: setting, conditions, stakeholders aimed at establishing stakeholder dialogues. - Conceptual models and assessment endpoints. - Project design - workplan, sampling strategy, and data quality objectives. - Gathering and managing data (quality control protocols). - Characterizing risk - qualitative, and deterministic. - Comparative risk, uncertainty and decision making.

Several governments have already expressed a desire to hold similar national training workshops.

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